In this course, we'll look at the object oriented patterns available in PHP. You'll learn how to connect to a MySQL using the Portable Data Objects (PDO) library and issue SQL commands in the the PHP language. We'll also look at how PHP uses cookies and manages session data. You'll learn how PHP avoids double posting data, how flash messages are implemented, and how to use a session to log in users in web applications. We'll then build the first 'complete' application that has multiple screens to Create, Read, Update and Delete (CRUD) our data. This brings all the previous concepts together and will form the basis for all later web applications. It is assumed that learners have already taken the Building Web Applications course in this specialization.
This course is part of the Web Applications for Everybody Specialization
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- Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP)
- Create, Read, Update And Delete
- MySQL
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
PHP Objects
Connecting PHP and MySQL
PHP Cookies and Sessions
PHP Redirect, Routing, and Authentication
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- 5 stars88.89%
- 4 stars8.95%
- 3 stars1.16%
- 2 stars0.19%
- 1 star0.77%
TOP REVIEWS FROM BUILDING DATABASE APPLICATIONS IN PHP
Not yet completed. Goodwill because of the instructor. Now [9 Sep 2018, 0259 +2GMT] just added another star to the course because of what I deem to be excellent lecturers
Dr. Chuck rocks! An excellent introduction and that ramps up and provides an opportunity to learn critical skills for business programming.
The course was very instructive, all the details were explained two or three times in a single video and the course instructor was very charismatic and fun to listen to! Thanks for the course!
Help a lot to learn the SESSION, COOKIE, GET, POST. Finally I had earn all the error code meaning. The 302 return code was new to me and I enjoyed the course very much.
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